Conference on New Political Economy of Globalisation

Jjointly sponsored by GEP and the Murphy Institute of Political Economy.

Held in New Orleans on 20th and 21st April, 2007

Convenor: Doug Nelson, Tulane University and GEP, University of Nottingham

Presentations

Session 1: Globalization and Domestic Conflict

• Costas Syropoulos, Drexel
  Globalization and Domestic Conflict

Session 2: Democracy and Globalization

• Barry Eichengreen, Berkeley
  Democracy and Globalization
• Kevin Grier, Oklahoma
  On Democracy: Regime Duration and Economic Growth

Session 3: Fairness and the Political Economy of Trade

• Carl Davidson, Michigan State University
  Employment Risk, Fairness and the Political Economy of Trade Policy
• Michael Hiscox, Harvard
  Fair Trade and the Demand for Labor Standards: New Evidence from Online Experiments in Social Labeling

Session 4: Domestic Political Economy of Globalization

• Helen Milner, Princeton
  American Foreign Economic Policy and the Internationalist Coalition: Legislative Coalitions Supporting Internationalism in American Trade and Aid Policy
• Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M
  What Governments Maximize and Why: The View from Trade

Session 5: Trade, Risk and the Demand for Social Insurance

• David Wildasin, Kentucky
  Trade Risk and the Demand for Social Insurance

Session 6: Some Public Economics of Globalization

• Bouwe Dijkstra, Nottingham
  Environmental Regulation: An Incentive for FDI
• Ben Ferrett, Nottingham
  Competing for a Duopoly: International Trade and Tax Competition

Session 7: Globalization and Poor Countries

• Oliver Morrissey, Nottingham
  Trade Protection as Income Protection in Poor Countries
• Jeff Stacey, Tulane
  Creative Destruction? Neo-liberal ‘Remodeling’ in Emerging Financial Markets

Session 8: The Political Economy of Trade Agreements

• Bill Ethier, Penn
  A Political Economy of International Trade Agreements
• Rorden Wilkinson, Manchester
  Language, Power and the Breakdown of Multilateral Trade Negotiations